Subject: Re: [RFC] A Proposal for Binary Release Management
From: sam th (sam@uchicago.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 19 2000 - 19:06:21 CDT
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Dom Lachowicz wrote:
> >(1) The decision is made to cut a new binary release on a certain date,
> >and on that date the tree is closed (this should only happen if tinderbox
> >is all green).
> I can agree with this point. My question is "But what will we use for
> tinderbox?" If we had boxes to run tinderbox on (i.e. on all supported
> platforms), we wouldn't have the "build problem" in the first place because
> we could just ship those stripped binaries. Where would we get the
> tinderboxes? Or am I missing something obvious?
Well, there are several reasons to keep these issues seperate:
1) SourceGear may let us keep tinderbox. AFAIK, it doesn't require
anyone's time at the moment, and I should be able to administer the whole
thing remotely anyway.
2) We have binaries on more than we have tinderbox (although that would be
nice to remedy).
3) I would like to keep the two seperate, just for simplicity.
4) If we lose tinderbox@sourcegear, we should have a good method for
getting binaries anyway.
>
> >
> >Potential Questions-
> >
> >Can we use SourceGear's trademarked images?
> >How many verifications are neccessary?
> >Should we use PGP/GPG encryption/signing?
> >Who should make the decisions mentioned above?
> Are you proposing we have a "benevolent dictator" to manage releases, acting
> as an official maintainer? Possibly maintainer by committee (e.g. those with
> cvs access get a vote?) I'm fine with either proposition. I'd also volunteer
> for either, but there are other highly qualified people on this list too who
> are more deserving than myself.
I think 'rule by committee' is where this project is headed, but more on
that later.
sam th
sam@uchicago.edu
http://www.abisource.com/~sam/
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